Sentence examples for war strengthened from inspiring English sources

The 1982 war strengthened this identification.

The Iraq war strengthened his resolve.

The latter, accepting the inevitability of war, strengthened his resolve and gained several victories.

The war strengthened the power of the imperial family at the expense of powerful associated clans, such as the Nakatomi and Soga.

Nevertheless, the war strengthened Iran's position in the region by removing its worst enemy, Saddam Hussein, and whatever new regime takes hold in Iraq is likely to have friendly ties to Tehran.

Pro-independence feelings go back centuries, and the Spanish Civil War strengthened animosity between Madrid and Barcelona.

But the crime had a searing impact on American attitudes towards the Vietnam war, strengthening the belief that no good could come of it and that America should withdraw.What happened last November in a hamlet near the western Iraqi town of Haditha was not a massacre on the scale of My Lai.

In response to the arrival of the Crusaders, the ruler of Damascus, Mu'in ad-Din Unur started making feverish preparations for war, strengthening the fortifications of Damascus, ordering troops to his city and having the water sources along the road to Damascus destroyed or diverted.

His attempts to force the Church of Scotland to adopt high Anglican practices led to the Bishops' Wars, strengthened the position of the English and Scottish parliaments and helped precipitate his own downfall.

Nabiullina says the risks to the Russian economy are fluctuations in oil prices, worsening trade wars, strengthening of sanctions on oil and energy.

The Middle East is being radicalized by the wars, strengthening resistance; nationalism, sectarianism and jihadism are rising; retribution brings more violent suppression, which in turn creates more enemies and more resistance.